Ensemble Members

Elbenita Kajtazi

Nadezhda Karyazina

mezzo soprano

Nadezhda Karyazina

Birthplace:
Moscow, Russia

Studies:
Russian Academy of the Theatrical Arts in Moscow (2003-2008), Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center (2010-2012), Young Artist Programme of the Bolshoi Theatre (2010-2012), Jette Parker Young Artist Programme (2013-2015)

Master class:
with Gloria Guida Borelli, Laura Claycomb, Elena Obraztsova, Eugeny Nesterenko, Luba Orfenova, Diane Zola, Richard Bado and Ann Hallenberg

Prizes:
Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer Prize of the Foundation for the Support of the Hamburg State Opera (2018), Österreichischer Musiktheaterpreis in the category “Best Young Artist” (2014), second prize in the II International Competition of the Savonlinna Opera Festival (2012), third prize in Placido Domingo’s Operalia Competition in Beijing (2012), fifth prize in the “Neue Stimmen” Competition (2011)

Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 2015/16

Important parts:
Flosshilde (Das Rheingold), Mezzo-soprano (Messa da Requiem), Waltraute (Die Walküre), Drittes Blumenmädchen (Parsifal), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Kontschakowna (Prince Igor), Emilia (Otello), Pauline (Pique Dame), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus), Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), Dritte Magd (Elektra), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Madrigal Singer (Manon Lescaut), Flora (La Traviata), Rosette (Manon), Mercédès (Carmen), Charlotte (Werther), Polinesso (Ariodante), Zweite Dame/Dritte Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Fortune Teller (The Fiery Angel), Olga (Eugen Onegin), Clarissa (The Love for Three Oranges), Petrovna/Dunyasha (The Tsar’s Bride), et al.

Stages:
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall Moscow, International Performing Arts Centre Moscow, National Theatre of
Beijing, Linbury Theatre at the Royal Oper House, Theatre Wielki, De Doelen in Rotterdam, Bolshoi Theatre, Latvian National Opera, Salzburger Landestheater, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Hamburgische Staatsoper, et al.

Cooperation with directors:
Jim Lucassen, Andreas Žagars, Sir David McVicar, Jonathan Kent, Jette Steckel, Achim Freyer, Calixto Bieito, et al.

Cooperation with conductors:
Yuri Bashmet, Vassily Sinaisky, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Nathan Brock, Kent Nagano, Kevin John Edusei, Carlo Rizzari, Christoph Gedschold, Mikhail Tatarnikov, Patrick Fournillier, José Aparicio, Gregor Bühl, Stefano Ranzani, Erich Wächter, Philipp Pointner, Vladimir Conta, Maurizio Benini, Dan Ettinger, Emmanuel Villaume, Daniel Oren, Antonio Pappano, Plácido Domingo, et al.

Performances

Katharina Konradi

Hellen Kwon

Soprano

Hellen Kwon

Birthplace:
Seoul, South Korea

Studies:
Hochschule für Musik Köln with Dietger Jacob (1979-1984)

Prizes:
First prize in the Novara International Singing Competition (1984), winner of the Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer Preis (1987), Rolf-Mares-Preis in the category “Exceptional Performances of an Actresses” for her interpretation of “Frau” in Wolfgang Rihm’s “Das Gehege” (2010), Grammy Award Nomination for the recording of Walter von Braunfels’ “Die Vögel” conducted by Lothar Zagrosek, honored with the title of “Hamburger Kammersängerin” by the Hamburg Senate (2011), “Order of Civil” by the Korean Government for exceptional artistic achievements (2013), “Star of Ewha” Prize (2018)

Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 1987/88

Important parts:
The Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte), Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Zdenka (Arabella), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Blonde/Konstanze (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Donna Anna/Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Despina/Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Elettra (Idomeneo), Vitellia (La clemenza di Tito), Musetta/Mimì (La Bohème), Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly), Liú (Turandot), Violetta Valéry (La Traviata), Gilda (Rigoletto), Oscar (Un Ballo in Maschera), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Micaëla (Carmen), Norina (Don Pasquale), Adina (L’Elisir d’Amore), Adele/Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Agathe (Der Freischütz), Senta (Der fliegende Holländer), Minni (La Fanciulla del West), Frau (Das Gehege), Salome/Herodias (Salome), Chrysothemis (Elektra), et al.

Stages:
Hamburgische Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Bayreuther Festspiele, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Oper Leipzig, Oper Stuttgart, Oper Köln, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Festwochen, Salzburger Festspiele, Opernhaus Zürich, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Festival d‘Aix-en-Provence, Opéra Comique de Paris, Glyndebourne Festival, Den Norske Opera, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Teatro Filarmonico Verona, The Israeli Opera, Jerusalem Opera Festival, New National Theatere Tokio, Korean National Opera, et al.

Cooperation with directors:
Achim Freyer, Peter Konwitschny, Johannes Schaaf, Günther Krämer, Marco Marelli, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Peter Sellars, John Dew, Adolf Dresen, Nikolas Brieger, Johannes Erath, Claus Guth, et al.

Cooperation with conductors:
Giuseppe Sinopoli, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Horst Stein, Neville Marriner, Zubin Mehta, James Levine, Jeffrey Tate, Marcello Viotti, Simone Young, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Kent Nagano, Christian Thielemann, et al.

Performances

Katja Pieweck

Soprano

Katja Pieweck

Born in Hanover, Katja Pieweck completed her studies in 1996 at the Hamburg Academy for Music and Theater. From 1997 to 1999 she was a member of the International Opera Studio at the Hamburg State Opera which eventually led to her engagement as an ensemble member in 1999. Here she has performed many roles including Mercedes (Carmen), Siegrune (Die Walküre), Magdalene (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Annina (Der Rosenkavalier), Mutter (Hänsel und Gretel), Fenena (Nabucco), Suzuki (Madame Butterfly), Mère Marie (Dialogues des Carmélites), Meg Page (Falstaff) und Marquise des Berkenfield (La Fille du Régiment). Katja Pieweck has made numerous appearances on prestigious opera stages including the Berlin Staatsoper, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and the Hanover State Opera. In addition to her activity as an opera singer She is a regular guest on the concert stage. Her repertoire includes works from all eras. Her career has been accompanied by numerous prizes and awards including the "Körber Foundation Oberdörfer Prize 2007" and the "Kulturpreis der Berenberg Bank Hamburg". In 2005 Katja Pieweck worked with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Symphonic Orchestra for a concert performance of Janácek’s "Jenufa". In February 2006 she sang with the Philharmonic Orchestra Hamburg in Hindemith’s "Sancta Susanna" under Simone Young’s baton. In 2007 the mezzo-soprano performed as Elvira in "Don Giovanni" at the Herrenchiemsee Festival. She also sang the part for mezzo-soprano in Bach’s "Christmas Oratorio" – a new Hamburg Ballet production – choreographed by John Neumeier. 2008 Katja Pieweck sang Fricka (Das Rheingold, Die Walküre) in the production of Wagner’s "Ring".

Performances

Gabriele Rossmanith

Soprano

Gabriele Rossmanith

Geburtsort:
Stuttgart, Deutschland

Studium:
Violinstudium an der Musikhochschule Trossingen, Gesangstudium bei Sylvia Geszty an der Musikhochschule Stuttgart

Auszeichnungen:
1. Preis Mozartfestwettbewerb (1985), Verleihung des Titels „Hamburger Kammersängerin“ (2011)

Bezug zur Staatsoper:
Ensemblemitglied der Staatsoper Hamburg seit 1988

Wichtige Partien:
Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Blanche (Dialogues des Carmélites), Mélisande (Pelléas et Mélisande), Despina (Così fan tutte), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Ännchen (Der Freischütz), Micaëla (Carmen), Morgana (Alcina), Oscar (Un Ballo in Maschera), Helena (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Nedda (I Pagliacci), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Anne Truelove (The Rake’s Progress), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Musetta (La Bohème), Sophie/Marianne Leitmetzerin (Der Rosenkavalier), Woglinde/Wellgunde (Das Rheingold), Ortlinde (Die Walküre), Hanna Glawari (Die lustige Witwe), Clorinda (La Cenerentola), Echo (Ariadne auf Naxos), Blumenmädchen (Parsifal), Fortuna/Giunone (Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria), u.a.

Bühnen:
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe (1985-88), Gastengagements in München, Antwerpen, Brüssel, Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig, Frankfurt, Barcelona, Toulouse, Straßburg, Glyndebourne Festival, u.a.

Zusammenarbeit mit Regisseuren:
Willy Decker, Cristof Loy, Guy Joosten, Harry Kupfer, Bob Wilson, Marco Arturo Marelli, Peter Konwitschny, Renaud Doucet, Achim Freyer, Calixto Bieito, John Dew, Vera Nemirova, u.a.

Zusammenarbeit mit Dirigenten:
Horst Stein, Christian Thielemann, Donald Runnicles, Michel Plasson, Antonio Pappano, Robin Ticciatti, Silvio Varviso, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Ivor Bolton, Kirill Petrenko, Gerd Albrecht, Ingo Metzmacher, Simone Young, Kent Nagano, u.a.

Performances

Renate Spingler

Mezzo-soprano

Renate Spingler

Birthplace:
Kempten, Germany

Studies:
Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Munich

Master class:
with Prof. Reri Grist

Prizes:
Honored by the Hamburg Senate with the title of “Kammersänger” (2017)

Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 1986/87

Important parts:
Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier), Margret (Wozzeck), Sdena (Das Fest im Meer), Gräfin Helfenstein/Üppigkeit (Mathis der Maler), Sigrune/Rossweiße/Wellgunde (Der Ring des Nibelungen), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Herodias (Salome), Adelaide (Arabella), Flora (La Traviata), Larina (Eugen Onegin), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Prinz Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus), Lœna (La belle Hélène), Brigitta (Die tote Stadt), Mary (Der fliegende Holländer), Geneviève (Pelléas et Mélisande), Mère Jeanne de l’Enfant-Jésus (Dialogues des Carmélites), Circe (I.th.Ak.A.), Gräfin Geschwitz (Lulu), Mercédès (Carmen), Hippolyta (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Marthe Schwerdtlein (Faust), Lola/Mama Lucia (Cavalleria Rusticana), Ottavia (L’Incoronazione di Poppea), 2. Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Tisbe (La Cenerentola), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Tebaldo (Don Carlos), Emilia (Otello), Gaea (Daphne), Hänsel/Hexe (Hänsel und Gretel), Miss Baggott (Der kleine Schornsteinfeger), Auntie (Peter Grimes), Die böse Königin (Schneewittchen), et al.

Stages:
Hamburgische Staatsoper, Oper Frankfurt, Semperoper Dresden, Theater Bonn, Oper Leipzig, Theater Bremen, La Monnaie, Oper Köln, Königliche Oper Kopenhagen, Prinzregententheater München, Theater an der Wien, Theatro Municipale de Sao Paulo, Gran Teatre del Liceu, et al.

Cooperation with directors:
Ruth Berghaus, Willy Decker, Gian-Carlo di Monaco, Dieter Dorn, Adolf Dresen, August Everding, Jürgen Flimm, Achim Freyer, Ramin Gray, Caroline Gruber, Claus Guth, Hans Hollmann, Andreas Homoki, Günter Krämer, Harry Kupfer, Nikolaus Lehnhoff, Juri Ljubimov, Marco Aturo Marelli, Christian Pade, Simon Philips, Ernst-Theo Richter, Nils-Peter Rudolf, Johannes Schaaf, Sir Peter Ustinov, Christoph von Bernuth, Robert Wilson, et al.

Cooperation with conductors:
Gerd Albrecht, Marc Albrecht, Marco Armiliato, Gary Bertini, Michael Boder, Nathan Brock, Semyon Bychkov, Giuliano Carella, Bertrand de Billy, Jaqcues Delaôte, Alessandro di Marci, Peter Eötvös, Alfred Eschwé, Lawrence Foster, Michael Halasz, Eliahu Inbal, René Jacobs, Günter Jena, Alexander Joel, Karen Kamensek, Paul Kildea, Bernhard Klee, Jun Märkl, Cornelius Meister, Ingo Metzmacher, Kent Nagano, Garcia Navarro, Giuseppe Patané, Christoph Prick, Wolfgang Rennert, Donald Runnicles, Michael Schønwandt, Peter Schreier, Klauspeter Seibel, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Leonard Slatkin, Alexander Soddy, Stefan Soltesz, Marcello Viotti, Sebastian Weigle, Bruno Weil, Simone Young, Lothar Zagrosek, Hans Zender, et al.

Performances

Marta Swiderska

mezzo-soprano

Marta Swiderska

Birthplace:
Poland

Studies:
Bachelor’s degree in Singing at the Karol Szymanowski Music Academy in Katowice in Poland with Dr. Pawel Sobierajski, Master’s degree in Singing at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt am Main with Professor Thomas Heyer

Master class:
with B. Fassbender, C. Lehmann, U. Finazzi, I. Bogacheva, P. Esswood, Ingrid Kremling, Wieslaw Ochman, et al.

Prizes:
Second prize in the Jan Kiepura Singing Competition in Sosnowiec in Poland, first prize and the Grand Prix in Vocal Competition „Impressio Art“ “ in Sopot in Poland, participation with honors in the Third Singing Competition „J.E.J.Reszków“ in Czestochowa in Poland, second prize and special prize for the best mezzosoprano in the Second International Giulio Perotti Singing Competition in Ückermunde in Germany, et al.

Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Member of the International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera (2015/16-2016/17)
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 2018/19

Important parts:
Erda (Siegfried), Baba the Turk (The Rake’s progress), Dora S. (Benjamin), Marthe (Faust), Filipiewna and Olga (Eugene Onegin), 3. Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Tisbe (La Cenerentola), Brigitta (Die tote Stadt), Eine Theatergarderobiere (Lulu), et al.

Stages:
Hamburgische Staatsoper, Baltic Opera, Oper Leipzig, Komische Oper Berlin, Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, et al.

Cooperation with directors:
Michael Thalheimer, Jette Steckel, Katharina Thalbach, Christoph Marthaler, Yona Kim, Paul Esterhazy, Linus Fellbom, et al.

Cooperation with conductors:
Kent Nagano, George Jackson, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Renato Palumbo, Anthony Bramall, Riccardo Minasi, Gregor Bühl, Volker Krafft, Josep Caballé Domenech, Christoph Gedschold, Alexander Joel, Philipp Pointner, Péter Halász, Alexander Vedernikov, Roberto Rizzi-Brignoli, Tadeusz Kozlowski, Peter Ruzicka, et al.

Performances

Alin Anca

Vladimir Baykov

bassbariton

Vladimir Baykov

Birthplace:
Moscow, Russia

Studies:
Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservaroty

Prizes:
Prizewinner of the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition in Helsinki (1999), prizewinner of the Maria Callas Competition in Athen (2001), prizewinner of the Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Vienna (2001), prizewinner of the Georgy Sviridov Competition in Kursk (2001), prizewinner of the Queen Sonja International Music Competition in Oslo (2003), prizewinner of the Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels (2004)

Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 2015/16

Important parts:
Boris Godunow (Boris Godunow), Holländer (Der fliegende Holländer), Gunther (Götterdämmerung), Wotan/Wanderer (Der Ring des Nibelungen), Jochanaan (Salome), Blaubart (Herzog Blaubarts Burg), Fürst Igor (Fürst Igor), Ruprecht (Der feurige Engel), Salieri (Mozart und Salieri), Mephisto (Faust), Escamillo (Carmen), Vodník (Rusalka), Doctor Schiwago (Doctor Schiwago), Graf Tomsky (Pique Dame), Klingsor (Parsifal), Caspar (Der Freischütz), Peter (Hänsel und Gretel), et al.

Stages:
Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Mariinsky-Theater St. Petersburg, Finish National Opera, De Nederlandse Opera, Gran Teatre del Liceu, New Israeli Opera, English National Opera, Tirol Festival, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Teatro Colón, Vlaamse Opera, Oper Bonn, Warschauer Teatr Wielki, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos Lissabon, Aalto-Theater Essen, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Centro Cultural de Belém, Stadttheater Regensburg, Primorski Staatsoper Wladiwostok, Oper Leipzig, et al.

Cooperation with directors:
Robert Wilson, Robert Carsen, Jochannes Schaaf, Yury Alexandrov, Giancarlo del Monaco, Tony Palmer, Claus Michael Gruber, Simon Mc Burney, Andrey Konchalovsky, Steven Lowless, Roger Vontobel, Vera Nemirova, Achim Freyer, Michiel Dijkema, et al.

Cooperation with conductors:
Valery Gergiev, Enoch zu Guttenberg, Gianandrea Noseda, Kirill Petrenko, Jaap an Zweden, Alan Curtis, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Stefan Soltesz, Carlo Franci, Woldemar Nelsson, Kazushi Ono, Jan Latham-Koenig, Hartmut Haenchen, Paolo Carignani, James Gaffigan, Gustav Kuhn, Christof Prick, Kent Nagano, Mikhail Tatarnikov, Christoph Gedschold, Cazushi Ono, Tugan Sokhiev, Mikko Frank, Bruno Weil, Woldemar Nelsson, Justus Franz, Roman Kofman, Martin Brabbins, et al.

Performances

Alexey Bogdanchikov

Baritone

Alexey Bogdanchikov

Birthplace:
Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Studies:
Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre, Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow

Prizes:
Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer-Preis (2017), Special Prize at the “Neue Stimmen” competition (2013), representative for Russia at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition (2013), second prize at the European Vocal Competition “Debut” (2012), third prize at the Armel Opera Competition in Hungary (2010)

Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 2015/16

Important parts:
Barrett (The Servant), Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Eugen Onegin (Eugen Onegin), Robert (Iolanta), Prinz Jeletzki (Pique Dame), Belcore (L’Elisir d’Amore), Marcello (La Bohème), Ping (Turandot), Marchese (La Traviata), Paolo Albiani (Simon Boccanegra), Moralès (Carmen), Graf (Le Nozze di Figaro), Mercutio (Roméo et Juliette), Rodrigo (Don Carlo), Frank und Fritz (Die tote Stadt), Silvio (Pagliacci), Sharpless (Madama Butterfly), Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Valentin (Faust), Der Einäugige (Die Frau ohne Schatten), Sid (La Fanciulla del West), Enrico (Lucia di Lammermoor), et al.

Stages:
Armel Opernfestival in Szeged, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Guangzhou Opera House, Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti in Modena, Teatro Municipale in Piacenza, Teatro Delle Muse in Ancona, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Astrakhan Opera House in Magnitogorsk, Kolobov Novaya Opera Theatre Moscow, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Staatsoper Hannover, et al.

Cooperation with conductors:
Jader Bignamini, Francesco Ivan Ciampa, Emmanuel Villaume, Renato Palumbo, Erich Wächter, Alexander Joel, Stefano Ranzani, Josep Caballé Domenech, Nathan Brock, Gregor Bühl, Kent Nagano, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Christoph Gedschold, Carlo Rizzari, Christopher Ward, et al.

Performances

Peter Galliard

Tenor

Peter Galliard

Birthplace:
Chur, Switzerland

Studies:
With Rico Peterelli, Conservatory in Feldkirch with Maria Eibenschütz, at the Mozarteum Salzburg with Rudolf Knoll

Prizes:
First Prize at the International Mozart Competition (1985), Förderpreis of the Kanton Graubünden (1987), Dr. Wilhelm-Oberdörffer-Preis of the Stiftung zur Förderung der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (1989), honored by the Hamburg Senate with the title of “Kammersänger” (2017)

Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 1986/87

Important parts:
Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Jaquino (Fidelio), Cassio (Otello), Froh and Loge (Das Rheingold), Alfred and Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus), Peter Iwanow (Zar und Zimmermann), Bardolfo (Falstaff), Hauptmann (Wozzeck), Knusperhexe (Hänsel und Gretel), Lenski (Eugen Onegin), Narraboth (Salome), Don Basilio (Le Nozze di Figaro), Prinz and Hauptmann (Lulu), L’Aumonier (Dialogues des Carmélites), Melot (Tristan und Isolde), Walther von der Vogelweide (Tannhäuser), Wolfgang Capito (Mathis der Maler), Goro (Madama Butterfly), Red Whiskers (Billy Budd), Dämon (L’Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe), Bischof von Budoja (Palestrina), Mime (Siegfried), et al.

Stages:
Hamburgische Staatsoper, Lucerne Festival, Salzburger Osterfestspiele, Opéra National de Paris, Enescu Festival in Bukarest, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Oper Frankfurt, Semperoper Dresden, Oper Leipzig, Staatstheater Nürnberg, et al.

Cooperation with directors:
Claus Guth, August Everding, Johannes Schaaf, Harry Kupfer, Peter Konwitschny, Johannes Erath, Renaud Doucet, Georg Schmiedleitner, Stefan Herheim, Herbert Wernicke, Calixto Bieito, Willy Decker, Paul-Georg Dittrich, et al.

Cooperation with conductors:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Christian Thielemann, Ingo Metzmacher, Simone Young, Kirill Petrenko, Kent Nagano, Lawrence Foster, Gerrit Prießnitz, Marcus Bosch, Philippe Jordan, Paolo Carignani, Vaclav Luks, et al.

Performances

Kartal Karagedik

Tigran Martirossian

Bass

Tigran Martirossian

Birthplace:
Yerevan, Armenia

Studies:
Musical studies at the Gnessin State Academy of Music with Prof. Artur Eizen and Prof. Pavel Lisitsian

Prizes:
Prize winner of nine international singing competitions, inter alia, second prize in the “Neue Stimmen” Competition in Gütersloh (1997), second prize in the 2nd International Singing Competition in Shizuoka (2000), first prize in the Ondina Otta Competition in Marburg (1999)

Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 2005/06

Important parts:
Ramfis (Aida), König René (Jolanthe), Salieri (Mozart und Salieri), Fiesco (Simon Boccanegra), Dulcamara (L’Elisir d’Amore), Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro), Sulpice (La Fille du Régiment), Colline (La Bohème), Basilio (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Selim (Il Turco in Italia), Banco (Macbeth), Pagano (I Lombardi alla prima Crociata), Daland (Der fliegende Holländer), Dossifei (Chowanschtschina), Fasolt (Das Rheingold), Rodolfo (La Sonnambula), Raimondo (Lucia di Lammermoor) Don Magnifico (La Cenerentola), Philippe II (Don Carlos), Méphistophélès (Faust), Fürst Galizky (Fürst Igor), Ein Eremit (Der Freischütz), Doktor (Wozzeck), Oroveso (Norma) , Pimen (Boris Godunov), et al.

Stages:
Novaya Opera Theatre of Moscow, Bolshoi Theatre, Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Opéra National de Paris, Teatro Real in Madrid, Bayerische Staatsoper, Wiener Staatsoper, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Salzburg Festival, Theater an der Wien, Bregenz Festival, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opéra Bastille, St. Galler Festspiele, et al.

Cooperation with directors:
Achim Freyer, Yona Kim, Jochen Biganzoli, David Alden, Andreas Homoki, Vincent Boussard, Stefan Herheim, Florentine Klepper, Francesca Zambella, et al.

Cooperation with conductors:
Sir Colin Davis, Zubin Mehta, James Levine, Mstislav Rostropovich, Carlo Rizzi, Simone Young, Plácido Domingo, Kent Nagano, Sylvain Cambreling, Valery Gergiev, Michel Plasson, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Michael Tilson-Thomas, Daniel Oren, Mark Wigglesworth, Philippe Jordan, Daniele Callegari, Riccardo Frizza, et al.

Performances

Dovlet Nurgeldiyev

Oleksiy Palchykov

Tenor

Oleksiy Palchykov

Birthplace:
Kiev, Ukraine

Studies:
At the Vocal Faculty of the Petro Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine, Atelier Lyrique of the Opéra National de Paris

Prizes:
Recipient of the “Art of XXI century” International Competition (2004), Grand Prix of the XVI International Lydia Abramova Vocal Student’s Competition “Bella voce” in Moscow (2010), Grand Prix for the best Tchaikovsky music performance in the National Tchaikovsky Musical Academy Vocal Faculty Competition (2010), third Prize of the “International Vocal Competition in Memory of Antonina Nezhdanova” in Odessa (2010), special award of the festival “Tournament Tenors” in Szczecin (2010), special prize of the Jury at the International Vocal Competition “Debut” in Wiekersheim (2010), Grand Prix of the International Vocal Competition Ivana Alchevskogo “Alchevskiy Debut” in Kharkov (2011), Prix Lyrique du Carpeaux (2014), Prix Lyrique de L'AROP (2014), finalist of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition (2015)

Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 2017/18

Important parts:
Lensky (Eugene Onegin), Lykow (The Tsar’s Bride), Alfredo (La Traviata), Boten (Aida), Male Chorus (The Rape of Lucretia), Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Ecclitico (Il mondo della luna), Scaramuccio (Ariadne auf Naxos), Pylade (Iphigénie en Tauride), Ferrando (Così fan tutte), Nemorino (L’Elisir d’Amore), Eurimaco (Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria), Paris (La belle Hélène), Lysander (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Cassio (Otello), Beppe (Pagliacci), Arturo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Sinowi (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk), Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Mussorgsky (Der Jahrmarkt von Sorotschinzi), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Il Conte d’Almaviva (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Froh (Das Rheingold), et al.

Stages:
Taras Shevchenko National Opera of Ukraine, M. Dzhalil Tatar Academic State Opera, Chaliapin Festival, Le Théâtre du Léman, Palazzo dei Congressi Lugano, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Théâtre du Passage, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Opéra de Lyon, La Ferme du Buisson, Théâtre Firmin-Gémier/La Piscine, MC93 Bobigny, Opéra Bastille, Opéra Garnier, Théâtre de l’Athénée, Opernhaus Zürich, Garsington Festival, Komische Oper Berlin, et al.

Cooperation with directors:
William Kentridge, François Girard, Christophe Perton, Àlex Ollé, Barrie Kosky, Willy Decker, Roland Pelli, Andreas Homoki, et al.

Cooperation with conductors:
Nello Santi, Philippe Jordan, Visiliy Petrenko, Michael Schønwandt, Riccardo Frizza, Kazushi Ono, Alexander Myrat, Daniele Callegari, Henrik Nánási, Vakclav Luks, et al.

Performances

Alexander Roslavets

Bass

Alexander Roslavets

Birthplace:
Belarus

Studies:
Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory in St. Petersburg with Professor Nikolai Okhotnikov

Prizes:
Third prize in the first International Music Competition in Harbin (2018), third and special prize in the Queen Sonja International Music Competition (2017), second prize in the second International Opera Singing Competition of Portofino (2017), special prize in the 36th International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition (2017), grand prix and audience prize in the second International Eva Marton singing competition in Budapest (2016), second prize in the sixth Galina Vishnevskaya International Opera Singers Competition (2016), grand prix in the Special Foundation Of The President Of Belarus Supporting Talented Youth (2016), first prize in the seventh International Competition of Opera Singers in Saint-Petersburg (2015), diploma in the 10th Elena Obraztsova International Competition Of Young Opera Singers (2015), special prize in the first International Christmas Vocal Competition in Minsk (2014), grand prix in the 42nd Russian National Vocal Graduates Competition in St. Petersburg (2014)

Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 2016/17

Important parts:
Malyuta Skuratov (The Tsar’s Bride), Mephistopheles (Faust), King Dodon (The Golden Cockerel), Tom (Un Ballo in Maschera), Marchese d’Obigny (La Traviata), Colline (La Bohème), Antonio and Bartolo (Le Nozze de Figaro), Brander (La Damnation de Faust), Il Conte di Monterone (Rigoletto), 5. Jude (Salome), Lodovico (Otello), Il Sagrestano and Cesare Angelotti (Tosca), Raimondo Bidebent (Lucia di Lammermoor), Peter Quince (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Lo zio Bonzo (Madama Butterfly), Don Basilio (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Fafner (Das Rheingold), Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), King René (Iolanta), Banco (Macbeth), Gremin (Eugene Onegin), Daland (Der Fliegende Holländer), Vodnik (Rusalka), Dulcamara (L’Elisir d’Amore), Ali Baba (Ali Baba), et al.

Stages:
Mikhailovsky Theater, Bolshoi Theater in Belarus, Bolshoi Theater Moscow, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Hungarian State Opera, Hamburgische Staatsoper, St. Petersburg State Conservatory Theatre, et al.

Cooperation with directors:
Rimas Tuminas, Dmitry Belyanushkin, Calixto Bieito, Tito Capobianco, Paul Curran, Stanislav Gaudasinsky, Peter Stein, Alexey Stepaniuk, et al.

Cooperation with conductors:
Fabio Mastrangelo, Vladimir Jurowski, Ainars Rubikis, Tugan Sokhiev, Anton Grishanin, Gregor Bühl, Kent Nagano, Paolo Carignani, Renato Palumbo, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Yves Abel, Stefano Ranzani, Carlo Rizzari, Christof Prick, Nathan Brock, Sergei Stadler, Yuri Simonov, Michail Jurowski, Vladimir Fedoseyev, et al.

Performances

Jürgen Sacher

Tenor

Jürgen Sacher

Geburtsort:
Augsburg, Deutschland

Studium:
Kirchenmusik und Musikerziehung am Augsburger Leopold-Mozart Konservatorium, Gesangsstudium bei Leonore Kirschstein

Auszeichnungen:
Stipendiat des Richard Wagner Verbandes, Förderpreis der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, Ernennung zum Hamburger Kammersänger (2017)

Bezug zur Staatsoper:
Ensemblemitglied der Staatsoper Hamburg seit 1991/92

Wichtige Partien:
Mime (Siegfried), Mime/Loge (Das Rheingold), Herodes (Salome), Knusperhexe (Hänsel und Gretel), Hauptmann/Andres (Wozzeck), Monostatos/1. Geharnischter (Die Zauberflöte), Maler/Prinz/Marquis/Kammerdiener (Lulu), Dr. Cajus (Falstaff), Tichon (Katja Kabanova), Truffaldino (Die Liebe zu den drei Orangen), Valzacchi (Der Rosenkavalier), David (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Junger Mann (Moses und Aron), Steuermann (Der fliegende Holländer), Peter Iwanow (Zar und Zimmermann), Pedrillo (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Walther von der Vogelweide (Tannhäuser), Goro (Madame Butterfly), Graf Elemer (Arabella), Raoul de St. Brioche (Die lustige Witwe), Novagerio (Palestrina), Orontes (Flavius Bertaridus), Asasello (Der Meister und Margarita), Tanzmeister (Ariadne auf Naxos), Graf von Kent (Lear), Reverend Adams (Peter Grimes), L´Aumonier (Dialogues des Carmélites), Aegisth (Elektra), Fedotik (Tri Sestri), Sylvester von Schaumburg (Mathis der Maler), u.a.

Bühnen:
Hamburgische Staatsoper, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, La Monnaie, Gan Teatro del Liceu, Königliche Oper von Kopenhagen, Teatro alla Scala, Salzburger Festspiele, Theater an der Wien, Budapester Staatsoper, Teatro Municipal in Sao Paulo, Wagner Festival Budapest, Theater Dortmund, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Staatsoper Budapest, u.a.

Zusammenarbeit mit Regisseuren:
Harry Kupfer, Willy Decker, Claus Guth, Mario Martone, Achim Freyer, Géza M. Tóth, Livia Sabag, Roger Vontobel, Stefan Herheim, Karoline Gruber, Vincent Boussard, Jochen Biganzoli, u.a.

Zusammenarbeit mit Dirigenten:
Adam Fischer, Bertrand de Billy, Claudio Abbado, Kent Nagano, Semyon Bychkov, Horst Stein, Christian Thielemann, Ingo Metzmacher, Michael Boder, Kirill Petrenko, Simone Young, Daniel Barenboim, u.a.

Performances

Guest Singers 2018|19

Maria Bengtsson
Stephanie Lauricella
Sylvia Schwartz
Pietro Spagnoli
Christina Gansch
Norbert Ernst
Christian Gerhaher
Andriana Chuchman
Dmitry Korchak
Maxim Mironov
Dimitri Platanias
Alexander Vinogradov
Denis Velev
Oksana Dyka
Géraldine Chauvet
Philippe Sly
Georgia Jarman
Gyula Orendt
Peter Hoare
Sam Boden
Jennifer France
Andri Björn Róbertsson
Vitalij Kowaljow
Joseph Calleja
Roberto Frontali
Nino Machaidze
Ramaz Chikviladze
Agneta Eichenholz
Franco Fagioli
Sonia Prina
Julia Lezhneva
Narea Son
Ziad Nehme
Klaus Florian Vogt
Charles Workman
Allison Oakes
Albina Shagimuratova
Paolo Bordogna
Levy Sekgapane
Lini Gong
Dorottya Láng
Andreas Conrad
Dietrich Henschel
James Rutherford
Kay Stiefermann
Werner van Mechelen
Jörg Schneider
Iulia Maria Dan
Doris Soffel
Ida Aldrian
Robert Dean Smith
John Lundgren
Jennifer Holloway
Lise Lindstrom
Mihoko Fujimura
Maida Hundeling
Irmgard Vilsmaier
Ida Aldrian
Ann-Beth Solvang
Andreas Schager
Jochen Schmeckenbecher
Stephen Milling
Claudia Mahnke
Maria José Siri
Kristine Opolais
Dalibor Jenis
Jorge de León
Kristin Lewis
Marcelo Puente
Roberto Frontali
Antonino Siragusa
Renato Girolami
Maurizio Muraro
Anke Vondung
Julia Lezhneva
Diana Tomsche
Emilie Renard
Hasmik Torosyan
Carlo Colombara
Franz-Josef Selig
Sascha Emanuel Kramer
Ocean Barrington-Cook
Adina Aaron
Malin Byström
Siobhan Stagg
Evan Hughes
Nicole Heaston

Franco Vassallo
Andrea Mastroni
Jessica Pratt
Jonathan McGovern
Tobias Hächler
Eric Cutler
Emily Magee
Linda Watson
Bogdan Baciu
Wolfgang Koch
Luminita Andrei
Dmytro Popov
Gabor Bretz
Christophe Dumaux
Erik Anstine
Kurt Streit
Sara Mingardo
Luigi de Donato
Dorottya Láng
Rainer Trost
Fabio Trümpy
Viktor Rud
Teodor Ilincai
Martin Muehle
Jonas Kaufmann
Alexander Vinogradov
Ziad Nehme
Zak Kariithi
Clementine Margaine
Nadine Koutcher
Georg Nigl
Lilly Jorstad
Roger Smeets
Larissa Wäspy
Arturo Chacón-Cruz
Markus Brück
Kristina Mkhitaryan
Andreas Hörl
Irina Lungu
Stephen Costello
Simone Piazzola
Ramón Vargas
Carmen Giannattasio
Judit Kutasi
Denis Velev
Bruno Vargas
Jochen Schmeckenbecher
Simone Schneider
Wilhelm Schwinghammer
Eglis Silins
Kwangchul Youn
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller
Anja Kampe
Claudio Sgura
Marco Berti
Kate Aldrich
Max Emanuel Cencic
Andrew Watts
Christian Miedl
Pavel Cernoch
Lianna Haroutounian
Elena Zhidkova
Zoran Todorovich
Christiane Karg
Michael Schade
Elena Guseva
Bo Skovhus
Paata Burchuladze
Pia Salome Bohnert
Maria Markina
Julien Arsenault
Marisol Montalvo
Otto Katzameier
Renate Behle
Tim Severloh
Vida Mikneviciute
Andrzej Dobber
Hanna Sawle
Manuela Uhl
Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Vottorio Prato
Hui He
Natalia Skrycka
Julian Arsenault
Marie-Sophie Pollak

Guest Conductors

Sébastien Rouland
Alessandro De Marchi
Paolo Carignani
Matteo Beltrami
Alexander Joel
Riccardo Minasi
Roland Kluttig
Roberto Rizzi Brignoli
Peter Ruzicka
Seitaro Ishikawa
Christoph Gedschold
Pier Giorgio Morandi
Christoph Gedschold
Diego Fasolis
Paolo Arrivabeni
Vaclav Luks
Lorenzo Viotti
Carlo Rizzari
Stefano Ranzani
Josep Caballé-Domenech
Christof Prick
Leo Schmidthals

Honorary Members of the Hamburg State Opera

Ks. Plácido Domingo
Prof. Dr. Peter Ruzicka
Ks. Franz Grundheber
Marianne Kruuse
Detlef Meierjohann
Wolf-Jürgen Wünsche
Simone Young